Herbert, You apparently haven't read Kukla. The time when he propositioned Betsy Walker was not one time, which is all he admitted to, but continuously, over a period of ten years, at which end, when TJ was in France, she finally told her husband why she wanted Jefferson taken off her husband's will. Jefferson signed an affidavit, forced by Betsy's husband, stating that her allegations were truth. Otherwise, Thomas and Betsy's husband would have had to fight a duel, and she loved her husband. Tom may have been "young and single" as if that is any excuse for abusing a married woman, the first time he propositioned her, but he continued to harass her even after he was married and leaving the range of "young". Using the lame excuse of "young and single" is not a reason for a gentleman of the stature you insist Thomas was, to approach the wife of his best friend. It's shabby at best, and damning in it's full story. Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html